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A very confused Enterprise concept

judexavier

judexavier

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Rough ortho side-view at this point...an amalgamation of too many styles...:) Basically everything (Jefferies, Probert, ILM, Church....).

Started out as a "simplicity" design study, then, influenced by sceen caps and revealed stuff, modified to...this. (yeah, very curvey and stylized)....

The things I wanted to keep were the domed deflector cover feature, and the rear "kink" in the neck of Jefferies original proposal design. Good location for a rear torpedo launcher. (Actually not a bad place for the impulse engine housing)...
Some of the windows are rather crudely roughed in, at this point.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg178/judexavier/Re-designexcercise02copy.jpg
 
I love that!
With some slight tweaking to the bussard, that could be what the JJ Enterprise's refitted nacelles could look like. But this is probably the coolest design of ANY Trek ship I've seen yet.




You ever consider doing an NX/JJ Enterprise mash-up?
 
Very nice, judexavier!

Are your nacelle pylons straight or curved as they come out of the secondary hull?
 
Johnnymuffintop said:
I love that!
With some slight tweaking to the bussard, that could be what the JJ Enterprise's refitted nacelles could look like. But this is probably the coolest design of ANY Trek ship I've seen yet.




You ever consider doing an NX/JJ Enterprise mash-up?
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Thanks,

Oh, like over on CRA's thread? Yes, actually I was playing with that. :)
The two do make some interesting shapes.

I have to admit, the bussard "guts" were inspired by Garry Anderson's "UFO" model, :) and some more interesting vacuum tube pics. My "vision" was like a fixed mechanical array (no spinning parts) where "plasma streams" rotated around and created some sort of exotic powerful visual effect.
(and somehow sucked in interstellar hydorgen????? :)) anyway...
Is it too curvey? I was also going for a "60's" look, especially with the primary hull/bridge, long "hood" with the "kick-up" impulse engine lines....like an old fast-back mustang. Although in 3D/orthos that wouldn't be as apparent.
 
^I think some of the structures behind the bridge and behind the connecting dorsal are too curvy, but I love, love, love those nacelles. :D
 
Psion said:
Very nice, judexavier!

Are your nacelle pylons straight or curved as they come out of the secondary hull?
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Pretty much straight, with small curved faces on the connection,points, blending them in. The front/top orthos will show this when I actually get them done, :) (God I wish I knew how to use a 3D program):)
 
Elf Malakai said:
^I think some of the structures behind the bridge and behind the connecting dorsal are too curvy, but I love, love, love those nacelles. :D
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Yeah, that was where I was getting too stylized. I liked the lines, (if I were designing a car or a tea kettle) but form over function was stretched a bit too far...(can't always use "warp-field-dynamics" to explain every shape :)".
Plus my "thrust-reversing" impulse housing would likley melt off the saucer if they actually tried to stop. :) That would suck.

Oh well....:)
 
I think your design is more coherent that the new Enterprise. The parts seem to fit together better; in particular, the primary hull is curvy enough to match the nacelles and secondary hull.
 
judexavier said:
Rough ortho side-view at this point...an amalgamation of too many styles...:) Basically everything (Jefferies, Probert, ILM, Church....).

Started out as a "simplicity" design study, then, influenced by sceen caps and revealed stuff, modified to...this. (yeah, very curvey and stylized)....

The things I wanted to keep were the domed deflector cover feature, and the rear "kink" in the neck of Jefferies original proposal design. Good location for a rear torpedo launcher. (Actually not a bad place for the impulse engine housing)...
Some of the windows are rather crudely roughed in, at this point.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg178/judexavier/Re-designexcercise02copy.jpg
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Wow, that looks great. :) Maybe it's the new 1701-A. :)

-=MadMan=-
 
judexavier said:
Rough ortho side-view at this point...an amalgamation of too many styles...:) Basically everything (Jefferies, Probert, ILM, Church....).

Started out as a "simplicity" design study, then, influenced by sceen caps and revealed stuff, modified to...this. (yeah, very curvey and stylized)....

The things I wanted to keep were the domed deflector cover feature, and the rear "kink" in the neck of Jefferies original proposal design. Good location for a rear torpedo launcher. (Actually not a bad place for the impulse engine housing)...
Some of the windows are rather crudely roughed in, at this point.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg178/judexavier/Re-designexcercise02copy.jpg
Click to expand...

Interesting ship you got there. :)
 
Johnnymuffintop said:
Hey Jude, (<- Am I the only one that laughed when I read that?)

Do you still have the .psd file of this image?
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg178/judexavier/ComparisonsPoster25p.jpg

I was hoping to use your bussard and deflector on Madman's Enterprise when I port it to Legacy.

Also, please, please, PLEASE do more, lots more, concept art for new ships designs, if I have my way, I'll get all of them in Legacy. :luvlove:
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LOL..."...don't make it bad, take a sad song, and make it better..."

I was just at the Bethesda site, looking through the art section, nice stuff.
I was intrigued by the 'USS Apollo" pic, though...kind of resembles another ship we've come to know lately. :)

I know I still have a big version of that bussard element on one of these computers around here...I'll dig it up and post it.
 
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